Pastor Chris is a Certified Biblical Counselor through The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). He is also the Director of of The Sovereign Grace Chapel Biblical Counseling Institute. Chris is also a graduate of Youngstown State University where he has earned a Masters of Science in Education in 2001. He has been serving as an elder at SGC since 2009 and focuses primarily on counseling, discipleship, and leading the music ministry. He and His wife Sandi have four children, Aaron, Andrew, Hannah, and Sarah.